A YouTube star has become the first revenge porn victim to publicly win damages in the UK.

Chrissy Chambers, who is based in Los Angeles, crowdfunded a legal action against her UK-based ex-boyfriend for uploading films to an adult website.

Six explicit videos featuring Ms Chambers and her former partner were published on Redtube.com without her consent.

She won her civil claim for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and harassment at London's High Court on Wednesday.

The videos appeared on the website in December 2011 and January 2012.

Three of them featured Ms Chambers' full name in the title and two contained her age at the time of filming, which was 18.

Ms Chambers, 26, was only alerted to the films in June 2013 after she received numerous comments and messages on YouTube - where she runs a popular channel with her fiancee Bria Kam, aimed at teenagers.

Many of the messages came from fans who thought she had intentionally been involved in pornography, with some saying they no longer wanted to view her content.

Lawyer Alex Marzec told the court Ms Chambers' ex-boyfriend - who can only be legally identified as DCR - had caused her serious emotional and psychological difficulties by uploading the videos, which were filmed at her home in Atlanta, Georgia, in September 2009 without her knowledge or consent.

I could not be more elated to announce today that I won my revenge porn case and also asked the most incredible girl to marry me. That’s right -WE WON AND BRIA AND I ARE ENGAGED!!!!! I’m the luckiest girl in the world!!!!! pic.twitter.com/2de8xeGmcN

Ms Marzec said DCR - who was in a relationship with Ms Chambers from 2008 to 2009 - accepted liability for his unlawful actions and regretted the serious distress and suffering caused.

Copyright for the films has been assigned to Ms Chambers and measures have been taken to ensure any remaining images and films of her in his possession are destroyed.

He will also have to pay Ms Chambers' substantial undisclosed damages and her legal costs.

Ms Chambers took to Twitter after the case's conclusion to share news of her engagement to Ms Kam.

She tweeted: "I could not be more elated to announce today that I won my revenge porn case and also asked the most incredible girl to marry me. That’s right -WE WON AND BRIA AND I ARE ENGAGED!!!!! I’m the luckiest girl in the world!!!!!"